In Roy Evans' reign, the Reds tried - and failed - to sign the Argentine forward as well as Teddy Sheringham

What could have been: Gabriel Batistuta was 'interested' in a Liverpool move says Evans

Former Liverpool manager Roy Evans has revealed that he attempted to sign Gabriel Batistuta when he was manager at Anfield.

The 64-year-old revealed in an interview with the club website that he had tried to sign Batigol
to partner homegrown favourite Robbie Fowler, but the deal never materialised and the Argentine went on to become one of Serie A's most prolific ever forwards.

Evans said: “There were talks of him moving from Italy to somewhere else.

“We had an interest; there were some conversations between Liverpool and his club. He was interested, but unfortunately it just didn’t happen.

“It was one of those things where you make an enquiry and it just didn’t go any further than that. I’m sure he would have been a great acquisition for us if we had got him.

"We also went in for the likes of Teddy Sheringham at that time," Evans added on his pursuit for the Englishman who would later go on

“Teddy was very interested in coming; he was 29 or 30 at the time. But the club had a policy of not buying older players. As it happened, he went to Manchester United and played for six or seven years there with great success.”